Stilt.



C. A. WE-TZELL.

STILT.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-14, 19I4..

Patented Jan. 4, 1916.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 50.. WASHINGTON, D. c.

CLARENCE A. WETZELL, or STERLING, ILLINOIS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1,.GLAREN0E A. WET- ZELL, a'citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Sterling, in the county of VVhiteside and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stilts;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same. V

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in stilts and hasfor its principal object to provide a stilt which is readily adjustableso that the user may raise or lower the support inorder that he mayattain different heights. 1

Another object of the invention is to provide a strong, simple anddurable stirrup which may be easily and quickly locked in' stilts, Fig.2 is an edge view of Fig. 1, Fig.

3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the stirrup in position to beadjusted, Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view takenon line -t of Fig.1, Fig. 5 is a horizontal section view taken on line 55 of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings by characters of reference, the numeral 1designates as an entirety a stilt which comprises the elongated strip 3which is provided at spaced intervals with the openings l. Theseopenings extend partially into the inner face of the body 3 and aredesigned to receive the locking lugs which will be more fullyhereinafter described.

Slidable on the body 3 is the rectangular 1 sleeve 5 which carriesa pairof spaced ears 6 and 7 through which a pair of alining apertures areformed which apertures are designed to receive the rivet 8 which forms apivot pin for the stirrup designated generally by the numeral 9.

The stirrup 9 hereinbefore referred to,

I Spec ificatioh of Letters Patent. P t t d J 4, 191 Application filed.December 14, 1914. Serial No. 877,188. 6

comprises the ear 10 which is arranged tobe pivotallysupported on therivet 8 and this car is extendedupwardly and twisted as at 11 so thatthe'portion '12 of the stirrup lies in a plane parallel to the innerface of the body 3. This portion 12 has secured thereto the lug 13 whichis designed to-enter one of the apertures 4 in the body 3 to form asuport for the horizontally extending portion 14 of the stirrup. 'Thishorizontally extending portion is formed at the upper terminal of theportion 12 and is provided at its opposite end with thej upwardly andinwardly curved portion 15 which terminates at its upper end inthevertically extending portion 16 which lies in parallel relation totheportion 12 and'carries the luglZ which lug cooperates with the lug 13in forming a support for the stirrup. The lug 17 is de signed to enterone of the apertures which is spaced above the aperture in whichthe lug.13 extends and it will thus be. seenthat a rigid support is providedfor the stirrup which will effectively preventthe same from sagging orotherwise endangering the person of the user.

In order to lock the stirrup against any movement there is'provided theslidable lock-' ing sleeve designated generally by the nu meral 18 whichis formed of a rectangular hollow body 19 which is clearly illustratedin Fig. 1. This sleeve 18 is slidably mounted on the body 3 and isarranged to overlie the portion 16 of the stirrup to prevent the same. 7

from swinging outwardly on the pivot hereinbefore referred to.

Itwill be apparent that in use when it is desired to raise or lower thestirrup the sleeve 18 is slid upwardly so as to disengage the portion 16and it'will thus be seen that the stirrup may be swung outwardly andslid to the desired position by adjusting the sleeve 5 and after theuser has reached the proper adjustment the stirrup is then swunginwardly so that the lug 13 and lug 17 will enter their respectiveapertures 4 whereupon the sleeve 18is slid downwardly so that it voverlies the portion 16 as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 5. I

It will thus be seen that a particularly simple and eflicient stilt andstirrup adjusting means is provided which will effectively preventaccidents and remove much of the danger encountered in using stllts.

While in the foregoing there has been shown described the preferredembodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that such changesmay be made in the com bination and arrangement of parts as will fallwithin the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is 1. A stilt of the character described comprising anelongated rectangular body, said body being provided with a plurality ofspaced depressions, a sleeve slidable on the body, an ear pivoted to thesleeve, a horizontal supporting portion formed on the ear and extendingoutwardly therefrom, an inwardly and upwardly curved portion extendingupwardly from the end of the horizontal supporting portion, a verticalparallel extension formed at the upper end of the inwardly curvedportion, said parallel exten sion being in a plane with the ear, a lugcarried by the ear and by the parallel portion, the lug on each beingarranged to enter the depressions in the body, and a sleeve slidable onthe body and arranged to surround the body and the vertical extension tolock the stirrup in its outward movement.

2. A stilt of the character described comprising a body, said body beingprovided with a plurality of spaced depressions, a sleeve slidable onthe body, a horizontal supporting portion pivoted on the sleeve, a lugcarried thereby arranged to enter one of the depressions in the body, aguard member extending upwardly and inwardly from the horizontalsupporting portion, a lug at the u er end of the uard member arran ed to1 enter the depression immediately above the first mentioned depressionand a sleeve surrounding the end of the guard member to hold the lugcarriedthereby in its depression.

3. A stilt of the character described comprising a body, said body beingprovided with a plurality of spaced depressions, a sleeve slidable onthe body, an ear on the sleeve, the horizontal supporting portionsecured to the ear, a lug on the supporting portion arranged to engagein one of the depressions, an upwardly extending inwardly curved guardmember formed at the free end of the horizontal supporting portion, anupturned portion at the upper end of the guard member, a lug carried bythe upturned portion and a sleeve slidable on the body to engage theupwardly extending portion and hold the lug in the depressionimmediately above the first mentioned depression.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED A. ROBINSON, SAML. VVETZELL.

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